From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 6 22:01:20 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A46F0A47; Fri, 6 Mar 2015 22:01:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ie0-x233.google.com (mail-ie0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c03::233]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 66F4CA15; Fri, 6 Mar 2015 22:01:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iecrp18 with SMTP id rp18so21309295iec.10; Fri, 06 Mar 2015 14:01:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=+v95Hrd3atEhlRpWIYYrAfsOyC+lDxfpeKQNDDf2Z7k=; b=LPrWuBUjO2rRp8Fnbuv0wmvMVz8fFGcN7X4f87RCWDb7j8EIn6xOXdTM7K3nV/jJu3 sFP9Gu/Xo1tXI5xKCb9mLBK/3rO2dtSSOytBopcPAhZ25tqd1q7urqCv+hQVjTXGALpF UafT+PiPie+8J62mTf3EKlC94o66KnpMAjUDC1vXf/8z+4raXXtVvY1MMJckcYDYSsg+ K40npnJ0DBdOl66Zzop4+PQtmkyGJ6s/Et2uGMuxdpa8KISg5cpHioa5vb3r+sbc32wY 1iRgHBA8laPr8zRs8aJx+TTy4qkpGEKZgwyIh5IlDvfGqf9VIlyCnJ6Nx5eiGHndgdGV n4zQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.107.136.230 with SMTP id s99mr30750931ioi.8.1425679279745; Fri, 06 Mar 2015 14:01:19 -0800 (PST) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.36.17.66 with HTTP; Fri, 6 Mar 2015 14:01:19 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20150306215835.GB95179@zxy.spb.ru> References: <1640664.8z9mx3EOQs@ralph.baldwin.cx> <20150306215835.GB95179@zxy.spb.ru> Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 14:01:19 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: Rv4Gy8Txg8etT3XRKu56IOZS6Us Message-ID: Subject: Re: RFC: Simplfying hyperthreading distinctions From: Adrian Chadd To: Slawa Olhovchenkov Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: Andriy Gapon , "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2015 22:01:20 -0000 If you're looking to ship a single image that runs on a variety of platforms (say, you're pfsense, just say) and you want to set defaults that say "hey, i don't mind doing some processing on SMT, but HTT is no thanks) then how do you achieve that? -a